This marks World of Tanksdebut as an eSport, and Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi had this to say about that:

"We are focused on expanding World of Tanks as a world-wide eSport discipline. Events like the World Cyber Games spur growth in it as a cyber sport by encouraging pro gamers to pump more hours into improvement and helping us find what needs to be changed to enhance the gaming experience."

An important note for those of us not able to attend the event live in China, all stage matches of the WCG 2012 Grand Finals will be broadcast live on Twitch TV as well as Korean Ongamenet, Daum TV pot and Chinese NeoTV.